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Director dealings: Dunelm CFO makes share sale, B&M CEO snaps up shares

(Sharecast News) - Dunelm revealed on Tuesday that chief financial officer Karen Witts had offloaded 24,247 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed homewares retailer. Witts, who took over as CFO in June 2022, sold the shares at an average price of 1,178.00p each, for a total value of £285,983.05.

Elsewhere, B&M traded higher after the discount retailer's new chief executive picked up more than half a million pounds worth of shares.

Tjeerd Jegen, who took on the role of CEO on Monday, bought 197,900 shares for £523,559.60 between 10 and 13 June.

As of 1530 BST, Dunelm shares were down 0.34% at 1,175.0p, while B&M shares were up 2.89% at 263.30p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

K3 Business Technology Group (KBT) Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew Amount purchased: 13,274,493 @ 68.99p Value: £9,158,072.47

B&m European Value Retail S.a. (di) (BME) Director name: Jegen ,Tjeerd Amount purchased: 45,000 @ 261.82p Value: £117,819.00

B&m European Value Retail S.a. (di) (BME) Director name: Jegen ,Tjeerd Amount purchased: 45,000 @ 260.73p Value: £117,328.50

B&m European Value Retail S.a. (di) (BME) Director name: Jegen ,Tjeerd Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 267.80p Value: £107,120.00

B&m European Value Retail S.a. (di) (BME) Director name: Jegen ,Tjeerd Amount purchased: 37,500 @ 269.70p Value: £101,137.50

B&m European Value Retail S.a. (di) (BME) Director name: Jegen ,Tjeerd Amount purchased: 30,400 @ 263.40p Value: £80,073.60

On The Beach Group (OTB) Director name: Greening,Justine Amount purchased: 7,483 @ 264.59p Value: £19,799.25

Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust (DIG) Director name: Sarwal,Arun Kumar Amount purchased: 4,957 @ 305.00p Value: £15,118.85

On The Beach Group (OTB) Director name: Self ,Victoria Amount purchased: 3,500 @ 265.65p Value: £9,297.72

Directa Plus (DCTA) Director name: Cesareo,Giulio Giuseppe Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 11.25p Value: £5,625.00

Greggs (GRG) Director name: Currie,Roisin Amount purchased: 64 @ 2,791.00p Value: £1,786.24

Greggs (GRG) Director name: Currie,Roisin Amount purchased: 53 @ 1,990.00p Value: £1,054.70

Top Director Sells

Dunelm Group (DNLM) Director name: Witts,Karen Amount sold: 24,277 @ 1,178.00p Value: £285,983.05

Tharisa (di) (THS) Director name: Jones,Michael Amount sold: 224,994 @ R19.85 Value: R199,250.89

Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC) Director name: Barton,Daniel Amount sold: 90,418 @ 77.65p Value: £70,209.58

Tharisa (di) (THS) Director name: Jones,Michael Amount sold: 6 @ R19.55 Value: R5.23

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